[mythtv-users] Why is MythTV recording shows I just watch?

[Udo van den Heuvel]

Robin Hill wrote:
> On Sun Nov 19, 2006 at 03:11:53PM +0100, Udo van den Heuvel wrote:
> 
>> Hello,
>>
>> I notice that when I use the 'Watch TV' menu choice to watch TV
>> recordings show up in the place I set for them although I did not record
>> anything. Also no scheduled recordings were in that timeframe.
>> The recordings show just up as the files not in the menu's where one can
>> watch past recordings.
>> This is a very simple setup with one tuner, one channel.
>> What is wrong? How can I fix this?
>>
> There isn't anything to fix - this is how it's supposed to work.
> Anything you watch through Myth is recorded - it's put into a special
> group in the Watch Recordings section (not shown normally - there's a
> config option to toggle this though) and set to expire first (either as
> needed or after a day by default IIRC). 

Indeed. After some watching and looking through logs I see this behaviour.
I am only at 18% of the storage and MythTV already starts to expire. Is
there a menu option to delay the expire someway or do I need to go into
the database?

Kind regards,
Udo